Adding a New Person

To add a new person to the list of users, press the F6 key on the Working with Persons screen (as shown in Defining Persons). The Add New Person screen appears.

​ Screen 1/2​                  ​   Add New Person    ​                                                                                                                ​ Person  . . . . . . . . .​ JZTEST    ​                                            ​ IP-Group  . . . . . . . .​           ​                                            ​ External ID . . . . . . .​                               ​                        ​ Class . . . . . . . . . .​ *DFT      ​                      ​ Name, *DFT, *NEVER   ​ Default User ID.  . . . .​           ​                                            ​ ID. Number  . . . . . . .​                                 ​                      ​ Birth date  . . . . . . .​ 010101                          ​                      ​ Cell phone  . . . . . . .​                                 ​ F4=SMS provider      ​ Email address . . . . . .​                                 ​                      ​                          ​                                 ​                      ​ Employee number . . . . .​                                 ​                      ​ Family name . . . . . . .​                                 ​                      ​ First name  . . . . . . .​                                 ​                      ​ Preferred language  . . .​ ENG                             ​                      ​ Office phone  . . . . . .​                                 ​                      ​                                                                                                                                                                  ​                                                                            ​                                                                                      ​ F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F12=Cancel                                           ​                                                                                      ​                                                                                 ​

The body of the screen contains these fields:

Person

A unique identifier for the Person.

IP-Group

The name of an IP Group of which the person is a member, as described in Defining IP Groups

External ID

A different unique identifier for the Person, if one has been established.

Class

The Password Reset class to which the person belongs. The class determines how the user's identity is verified when resetting passwords. To select the class from a list, press the F4 key. You can also enter either "*DFT" to use default settings or "*NEVER" to define that the Password Reset class will never be used.

Default user ID

The preferred User ID of the Person on the IBM i. It is used to create the User Profiles for the Person.

ID. Number

The National ID number of the Person.

Birth date

The Person's birth date in the standard national format as set for the system. In the USA, for example, it would be "MM/DD/YY", so December 31st, 1970 would be "12/31/70". In much of Europe, it would be "DD/MM/YY", so December 31st, 1970 would be "31/12/70".

Cell phone

The cell phone number of the Person. SMS notifications of new passwords would go to this number. To select a mobile phone provider from a list, press the F4 key.

Email address

The email address of the person. Email notifications of new passwords would go to this email address.

Employee number

The employee number of the Person within the organization

Family name

The family name or surname of the Person

First name

The first name of the Person.

Preferred language

The language in which the Person will receive verification questions. To select the language from a list, press the F4 key.

Office phone

The office phone number of the Person

Press Enter to complete the entry. The Work with Users of a Person screen appears, as shown in Setting Up Users for a Person